• On Saturday, Wheeler Fieldhouse was the site of one of the area’s top boys games between two area top-10 teams, Bush and Elkins. In what was a tight, hard-fought, back-and-forth battle, it was Elkins guard Gevon Jackson who came up with a game-winning 3-pointer at the buzzer to lift Elkins to a 55-53 win, giving Bush its first district loss and creating a three-way tie atop the District 23-5A standings (Dulles is tied with those two). Such great drama late…Elkins did good to get a lead, Bush managed the clock brilliantly to come from behind (also with the help of a few Elkins missed free throws) and Bush’s Jordan Clark made a terrific play with under 20 seconds left to give Bush a lead before Jackson’s heroics. So now with a three-way tie at the top, who do you think will come away with the District 23-5A title (or will it even be just one team)?

• Katy is continuing to turn heads in District 17-5A. The Tigers started the week with a big 50-46 win over Seven Lakes, snapping the Spartans’ 11-game district winning streak &mdash then the Tigers finished the week by avenging an earlier loss this season to Katy Taylor with a 42-37 win. And guess what &mdash the Tigers are your first-place squad in the district now at 3-0 (12-12 overall). How about those Tigers?

• The deck continues to shuffle in District 22-4A. Sterling earned a big win over Jones on Wednesday, getting a buzzer beater from Alonzo Stafford to steal a 69-68 win; then when it looked like Sterling would go 2-0 for the week, Wheatley came from behind to pull out a 77-71 win over the Raiders. The Wildcats are now at least two games ahead of everyone else in the district (they’re still currently unbeaten) while Jones, Sterling, Washington and Worthing will fight it out for the last three spots.

• Noteworthy on the girls side — Hightower was hit with just its second loss of the year on Tuesday when Dulles edged the Hurricanes 45-42. The Canes did bounce back on Friday though with a win over Fort Bend Austin.

We talked about these and more on the podcast and of course, there is more good hoops coming up this week. Here’s a look at the Monday and Tuesday schedule for boys and girls hoops:

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Very exciting for Katy…with Football as King, athletes that would excel at either sport gravitate toward Football and those that play both don’t hit the gym until Christmas break! So, every year its a tough little drought between Football and Baseball for the boys.

Katy Nation needs to do much better!! After a win at Seven Lakes going into a home game against our oldest rival on a Friday night and leading the district…it was shameful that the gym was barely half full…at a minimum, the Katy side should’ve been packed!!